Compositions
Songs Richardson composed and recorded include:
- Chantilly Lace
- Big Bopper's Wedding
- White Lightnin', #1 hit for George Jones
- Running Bear, #1 hit for Johnny Preston
- Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Walking Through My Dreams (two versions, one on 45-RPM only, the other on LP)
- Beggar to a King (recorded under his real name),(later recorded by Hank Snow in 1961, it made it to #5 on the country singles chart)
- Crazy Blues (recorded under his real name)
- Bopper's Boogie Woogie
- That's What I'm Talking About
- Pink Petticoats
- Monkey Song (You Made a Monkey out of Me) (Richardson's attempt to imitate Buddy Holly)
- It's the Truth, Ruth (two versions, one on 45-RPM only, the other on LP)
- Preacher and the Bear
- Someone Watching Over You
- Old Maid
- Strange Kisses
- Teenage Moon
- The Clock
- One More Chance (extremely RARE)
- Don Terry featuring The Big Bopper - She Giggles
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